darkBackground Examples

no inputs

figure();

x = linspace(0,2*pi,100);

plot(x, cos(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'displayname', 'cos')

legend('location', 'best')

darkBackground()

specify figure handle

fig = figure();

x = linspace(0,2*pi,100);

plot(x, cos(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'displayname', 'cos')

legend('location', 'best')

darkBackground('hFigure', fig)

specify background color

figure();

x = linspace(0,2*pi,100);

plot(x, cos(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'DisplayName','cos')

legend('location', 'best')

darkBackground("backColor", [0.3, 0.3, 0.3]); % gray background

specify foreground color

figure();

x = linspace(0,2*pi,100);

plot(x, cos(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'DisplayName','cos')

legend('location', 'best')

darkBackground("foreColor", [1, 0, 0]); % red foreground

Line Plots

plot

figure();

x = 0:pi/100:2*pi;

y = sin(x);

plot(x,y, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

plot3

figure();

t = 0:pi/50:10*pi;

st = sin(t);

ct = cos(t);

plot3(st,ct,t, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

stairs

X = linspace(0,4*pi,40);

Y = sin(X);

figure();

stairs(Y, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

errorbar

figure();

x = 1:10:100;

y = [20 30 45 40 60 65 80 75 95 90];

err = 8*ones(size(y));

errorbar(x,y,err, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

area

figure();

y = [1 5 6 3];

area(y)

darkBackground()

stackedplot

tbl = readtimetable("outages.csv","TextType","string");

head(tbl,5);

tbl = sortrows(tbl);

head(tbl,5);

figure();

stackedplot(tbl, 'linewidth', 2); % does not editable properties to give correct look. I recommend just using subplot or tiledlayout instead.

darkBackground();

loglog

figure();

x = logspace(-1,2);

y = 2.^x;

loglog(x,y, 'linewidth', 2);

grid on

set(gca, 'linewidth', 2); % make grid stand out more

darkBackground()

semilogx

figure();

x = logspace(-1,2);

y = x;

semilogx(x,y, 'linewidth', 2);

grid on

darkBackground()

semilogy

figure();

x = 1:100;

y = x.^2;

semilogy(x,y, 'linewidth', 2);

grid on

darkBackground()

fplot

figure()

fplot(@(x) sin(x), 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

fplot3

figure();

xt = @(t) sin(t);

yt = @(t) cos(t);

zt = @(t) t;

fplot3(xt,yt,zt, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

fimplict

figure();

fimplicit(@(x,y) x.^2 - y.^2 - 1, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

Scatter and Bubble Charts

scatter

figure();

x = linspace(0,3*pi,200);

y = cos(x) + rand(1,200);

scatter(x,y, 30, [0,0,1], 'filled')

darkBackground()

scatter3

figure();

[X,Y,Z] = sphere(16);

x = [0.5*X(:); 0.75*X(:); X(:)];

y = [0.5*Y(:); 0.75*Y(:); Y(:)];

z = [0.5*Z(:); 0.75*Z(:); Z(:)];

scatter3(x,y,z, 30, [0,0,1], 'filled')

darkBackground()

bubblechart

figure();

x = 1:20;

y = rand(1,20);

sz = rand(1,20);

bubblechart(x,y,sz);

darkBackground()

bubblechart3

figure();

x = rand(1,20);

y = rand(1,20);

z = rand(1,20);

sz = rand(1,20);

bubblechart3(x,y,z,sz);

darkBackground()

swarmchart

figure();

x = [ones(1,500) 2*ones(1,500) 3*ones(1,500)];

y1 = 2 * randn(1,500);

y2 = 3 * randn(1,500) + 5;

y3 = 5 * randn(1,500) + 5;

y = [y1 y2 y3];

swarmchart(x,y)

darkBackground()

swarmchar3

figure();

tbl = readtable(fullfile(matlabroot,'examples','matlab','data','BicycleCounts.csv'));

tbl(1:5,:);

daynames = ["Sunday" "Monday" "Tuesday" "Wednesday" "Thursday" "Friday" "Saturday"];

x = categorical(tbl.Day,daynames);

ispm = tbl.Timestamp.Hour < 12;

y = categorical;

y(ispm) = "pm";

y(~ispm) = "am";

z= tbl.Eastbound;

swarmchart3(x,y,z);

darkBackground()

spy

figure();

B = bucky;

spy(B)

darkBackground()

Data Distribution Plots

histogram

histogram2

pie

pie3

scatterhistogram

load patients

tbl = table(LastName,Age,Gender,Height,Weight);

figure();

s = scatterhistogram(tbl,'Height','Weight');

darkBackground();

wordcloud

bubblecloud

heatmap

figure();

load patients

tbl = table(LastName,Age,Gender,SelfAssessedHealthStatus,...

Smoker,Weight,Location);

h = heatmap(tbl,'Smoker','SelfAssessedHealthStatus');

darkBackground()

parallelplot

load patients

tbl = table(Diastolic,Smoker,Systolic);

figure();

p = parallelplot(tbl);

darkBackground();

plotmatrix

figure();

X = randn(50,3);

Y = reshape(1:150,50,3);

plotmatrix(X,Y);

darkBackground()

Discrete Data Plots

bar

figure();

y = [75 91 105 123.5 131 150 179 203 226 249 281.5];

bar(y)

darkBackground()

barh

figure();

y = [10 20 30 41];

barh(y)

darkBackground()

bar3

load count.dat

Z = count(1:10,:);

figure();

bar3(Z)

title('Detached Style')

darkBackground()

bar3h

load count.dat

Y = count(1:10,:);

figure();

bar3h(Y)

darkBackground()

pareto

figure();

y = [2 3 45 20 32];

p = pareto(y);

p(2).LineWidth = 2;

darkBackground()

stem

figure();

Y = linspace(-2*pi,2*pi,50);

stem(Y, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

stem3

figure();

X = linspace(-pi/2,pi/2,40);

Z = cos(X);

stem3(Z, 'linewidth', 2);

darkBackground()

Geographic Plots

geoplot

figure();

latSeattle = 47.62;

lonSeattle = -122.33;

latAnchorage = 61.20;

lonAnchorage = -149.9;

geoplot([latSeattle latAnchorage],[lonSeattle lonAnchorage],'g-*')

geolimits([45 62],[-149 -123])

darkBackground() % FIX

geoscatter

figure();

lon = (-170:10:170);

lat = 50 * cosd(3*lon);

A = 101 + 100*(sind(2*lon));

C = cosd(4*lon);

geoscatter(lat,lon,A,C,'^')

darkBackground() % FIX

geobubble

figure();

tsunamis = readtable('tsunamis.xlsx');

geobubble(tsunamis.Latitude,tsunamis.Longitude,tsunamis.MaxHeight)

darkBackground() % FIX

Polar Plots

polarplot

figure();

theta = 0:0.01:2*pi;

rho = sin(2*theta).*cos(2*theta);

polarplot(theta,rho)

darkBackground()

polarhistogram

figure();

theta = [0.1 1.1 5.4 3.4 2.3 4.5 3.2 3.4 5.6 2.3 2.1 3.5 0.6 6.1];

polarhistogram(theta,6)

darkBackground()

polarscatter

figure();

th = pi/4:pi/4:2*pi;

r = [19 6 12 18 16 11 15 15];

polarscatter(th,r, 'filled')

darkBackground()

polarbubblechart

figure();

th = linspace(0,2*pi,10);

r = rand(1,10);

sz = rand(1,10);

polarbubblechart(th,r,sz);

darkBackground() % FIX

compass

figure();

u = [5 3 -4 -3 5];

v = [1 5 3 -2 -6];

c = compass(u,v);

for i = 1:length(c)

c(i).LineWidth = 2;

end

darkBackground('patchasBack', true) % FIX

ezpolar

figure();

ezp = ezpolar('1+cos(t)');

ezp.LineWidth = 2;

darkBackground('patchasBack', true) % FIX

Contour Plots

contour

figure();

Z = peaks;

Z(:,26) = NaN;

[M,c] = contour(Z);

c.LineWidth = 2;

darkBackground()

contourf

figure();

Z = peaks;

contourf(Z)

darkBackground()

contour3

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(-5:0.25:5);

Z = X.^2 + Y.^2;

[M,c] = contour3(Z);

c.LineWidth = 2;

darkBackground()

contourslice

figure();

[X,Y,Z,V] = flow;

zslice = 0;

c = contourslice(X,Y,Z,V,[],[],zslice);

for i = 1:length(c)

set(c(i), 'linewidth', 2);

end

grid on

darkBackground()

fcontour

figure();

f = @(x,y) sin(x) + cos(y);

fcontour(f, 'linewidth', 2)

darkBackground()

Vector Fields

quiver

figure();

load('wind','x','y','u','v')

X = x(11:22,11:22,1);

Y = y(11:22,11:22,1);

U = u(11:22,11:22,1);

V = v(11:22,11:22,1);

quiver(X,Y,U,V, 'linewidth', 2);

axis equal

darkBackground()

quiver3

figure();

load wind

X = x(5:10,20:25,6:10);

Y = y(5:10,20:25,6:10);

Z = z(5:10,20:25,6:10);

U = u(5:10,20:25,6:10);

V = v(5:10,20:25,6:10);

W = w(5:10,20:25,6:10);

quiver3(X,Y,Z,U,V,W, 'linewidth', 2);

axis equal

darkBackground()

feather

figure();

t = -pi/2:pi/8:pi/2;

u = 10*sin(t);

v = 10*cos(t);

f = feather(u,v);

for i = 1:length(f)

f(i).LineWidth = 2;

end

darkBackground()

Surface and Mesh Plots

surf

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(1:0.5:10,1:20);

Z = sin(X) + cos(Y);

surf(X,Y,Z)

darkBackground()

surfc

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(1:0.5:10,1:20);

Z = sin(X) + cos(Y);

surfc(X,Y,Z)

darkBackground()

surfl

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(1:0.5:10,1:20);

Z = sin(X) + cos(Y);

surfl(X,Y,Z)

darkBackground()

ribbon

[x,y] = meshgrid(-3:.5:3,-3:.1:3);

z = peaks(x,y);

figure();

ribbon(y,z)

darkBackground()

pcolor

figure();

X = [1 2 3; 1 2 3; 1 2 3];

Y = X';

mymap = [1 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 1; 1 1 0; 0 0 0];

C = [3 4 5; 1 2 5; 5 5 5];

pcolor(X,Y,C)

colormap(mymap)

darkBackground()

fsurf

figure();

fsurf(@(x,y) sin(x)+cos(y))

darkBackground()

fimplicit3

figure();

fimplicit3(@(x,y,z) x.^2 + y.^2 - z.^2)

darkBackground()

mesh

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(-8:.5:8);

R = sqrt(X.^2 + Y.^2) + eps;

Z = sin(R)./R;

m = mesh(X,Y,Z);

m.LineWidth = 2;

darkBackground()

meshc

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(-3:.125:3);

Z = peaks(X,Y);

m = meshc(X,Y,Z);

for i = 1:length(m)

m(i).LineWidth = 2;

end

darkBackground()

meshz

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(-3:.125:3);

Z = peaks(X,Y);

m = meshz(X,Y,Z);

m.LineWidth = 2;

darkBackground()

waterfall

figure();

[X,Y] = meshgrid(-3:.125:3);

Z = peaks(X,Y);

waterfall(X,Y,Z)

darkBackground('patchasBack', true)

fmesh

figure();

fmesh(@(x,y) sin(x)+cos(y))

darkBackground() % FIX ( in between color)

Volume Visualization

streamline

figure();

load wind

[startx,starty,startz] = meshgrid(80,20:10:50,0:5:15);

s = streamline(x,y,z,u,v,w,startx,starty,startz);

set(s, 'linewidth', 2);

axis tight

view(3);

darkBackground()

stremslice

figure();

load wind

s = streamslice(x,y,z,u,v,w,[],[],5);

for i = 1:length(s)

s(i).LineWidth = 2;

end

axis tight

darkBackground()

stremparticles

streamribbon

figure();

load wind

[sx,sy,sz] = meshgrid(80,20:10:50,0:5:15);

streamribbon(x,y,z,u,v,w,sx,sy,sz);

axis tight

shading interp

view(3);

camlight

lighting gouraud

darkBackground()

streamtube

figure();

load wind

[sx,sy,sz] = meshgrid(80,20:10:50,0:5:15);

streamtube(x,y,z,u,v,w,sx,sy,sz);

view(3);

axis tight

shading interp;

camlight;

lighting gouraud

darkBackground()

coneplot

load wind

xmin = min(x(:));

xmax = max(x(:));

ymin = min(y(:));

ymax = max(y(:));

zmin = min(z(:));

xrange = linspace(xmin,xmax,8);

yrange = linspace(ymin,ymax,8);

zrange = 3:4:15;

[cx,cy,cz] = meshgrid(xrange,yrange,zrange);

figure();

hcone = coneplot(x,y,z,u,v,w,cx,cy,cz,5);

hcone.FaceColor = 'red';

hcone.EdgeColor = 'none';

darkBackground()

slice

figure();

[X,Y,Z] = meshgrid(-2:.2:2);

V = X.*exp(-X.^2-Y.^2-Z.^2);

xslice = [-1.2,0.8,2];

yslice = [];

zslice = 0;

slice(X,Y,Z,V,xslice,yslice,zslice)

darkBackground()

Animation

animatedline

figure();

h = animatedline;

set(h, 'linewidth', 2)

set(h, 'color', 'r')

axis([0,4*pi,-1,1])

darkBackground()

x = linspace(0,4*pi,100);

y = sin(x);

for k = 1:length(x)

addpoints(h,x(k),y(k));

drawnow

end

comet

figure();

t = 0:pi/50:2*pi;

y = sin(t);

x = cos(t);

comet(x,y)

darkBackground() % FIX

comet3

figure();

[xmat,ymat,zmat] = peaks(100);

xvec = xmat(:);

yvec = ymat(:);

zvec = zmat(:);

comet3(xvec,yvec,zvec)

darkBackground() % FIX

Images

image

figure();

C = [0 2 4 6; 8 10 12 14; 16 18 20 22];

image(C)

colorbar

darkBackground()

imagesc

figure();

C = [0 2 4 6; 8 10 12 14; 16 18 20 22];

imagesc(C)

colorbar

darkBackground()

Layouts

subplot

figure();

x = linspace(0,2*pi,100);

subplot(1,2,1)

plot(x, cos(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'DisplayName','cos')

legend('location', 'best')

subplot(1,2,2)

plot(x, sin(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'DisplayName','sin')

legend('location', 'best')

darkBackground()

tiled

figure();

x = linspace(0,2*pi,100);

tiledlayout(1,2)

nexttile()

plot(x, cos(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'DisplayName','cos')

legend('location', 'best')

nexttile()

plot(x, sin(x), 'linewidth', 2, 'DisplayName','sin')

legend('location', 'best')

darkBackground()

Forgotten

boxplot

figure();

load carsmall

boxplot(MPG)

xlabel('All Vehicles')

ylabel('Miles per Gallon (MPG)')

title('Miles per Gallon for All Vehicles')

darkBackground()

boxchart

figure();

load patients

b = boxchart(Age);

b.BoxFaceColor = 'r';

ylabel('Age (years)')

darkBackground();

yyaxis right

figure();

x = linspace(0,10,100);

y = sin(3*x);

yyaxis left

plot(x,y, 'linewidth', 2)

z = sin(3*x).*exp(0.5*x);

yyaxis right

plot(x,z, 'linewidth', 2)

ylim([-150 150])

darkBackground();